Crowns
The coat of arms sported different crowns during imperial rule of Portguese and foreign crowns.
- pre mid-1500s the coat of arms had an open imperial crown
- Crown of the Portuguese House of Habsburg
- Various crowns of the House of Braganza (1640–1817)
- Crown of João VI (1817–1910)
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